Posted on 12/09/2010 12:42:36 PM PST by Tom Hawks
The song, "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel, hit number one in the charts today in 1989. If you listen closely to the lyrics, you will notice that it is a history of the world as Billy Joel recalls them from when he was born in 1949 up to the moment he wrote the song in 1989. That is a period of time when the world went from rebuilding the world from the devastation of WWII until two years before the Soviet Union collapsed.
I always liked the song because I like history, and it is my belief that those who forget the past will inevitably repeat it. So we study history in order that we will learn from our mistakes and improve upon society for our future. Unfortunately, the leftists who control the education system in our country do not believe in teaching history. The result has been a repeat of the worst economic times America has ever experienced.
For those who find it difficult to remember what happened on September 11, 2001, the song will be like listening to ancient history. However, for those who know and understand historical facts, this video will be a somewhat pleasant and hurtful reminder of the many things that has happened in America and around the world from 1949 to 1989. Under the Video with Joel's song is a list of all the historical events and or people that are mentioned in the song, along with a description that has been put together.....
(Excerpt) Read more at ChicoER Gate...
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray....
Great song.
I love this song ! its the best !
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio.
ML/NJ
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Zanzibar is my favorite B. Joel song. Would have LOVED to have seen him & Elton when they toured. :)
Posting the youtube source does not give you the historical background on the words. Sorry.
Unless you want to scour the web for that information, you still need to go to the site to read it.
If you just want to watch the video, then why didn’t you before clicking on the thread.
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I could have given the youtube link, but I figure I would rather help a fellow conservative instead.
Yea, when I saw this that is what i also thought of. kind of like the song. “Imagine”.
Every time I hear it, I think of the lyrics, “Imagine there’s no liberals”.
“eenie meenie minee mo!”
ML/NJ
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I saw him back in 2000 when supposedly he was having some issues with his voice, but not on the night I saw him, one of the best shows I’ve ever been to.
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studabaker, television, N Korea, S Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Mine is Rosalinda’s Eyes with Stilleto a close second, but Zanzibar is way up there.
Check out Billy Joel’s recent interview on Howard Stern....its in 6 parts and is amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxw1WV_qmVk
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